Norfolk Farm Park helps “critical” rare cattle breed
A Norfolk farm park is helping to preserve one of the UK’s rarest breeds of native cattle. The Albion, is included on the Rare
Melsop Farm Park is home to a multitude of different animals for you to experience. The farm is designed to allow all visitors to have the opportunity to interact with as many of the animals at the park as possible as far as is safe.
The main groups of animals living on our farm are Sheep, Goats Pigs, Cattle, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Melsop Farm Park Rare Breeds
When visiting Melsop Farm Park you will be able to get up close to our collection of rare and native breed animals. From the Middle White Pig and Albion Cattle to the Norfolk Horn and Bagot Goat and many more, our wide range of rare and native breeds is one of the largest in East Anglia.
The Rare Breed Survival Trust has five criteria for rare breeds, based upon how many registered breeding females there are left. The criteria vary for each type of animal.
Gloucester
Belted Galloway
Albion
Bagot
Golden Gurnsey
Boer
Pygmy
Giant Runt
Norwich Cropper
King
Exhibition White Garden Fantail
Middle white
Tamworth
Berkshire
Tri coloured Dalmatian Rex
Mini Dalmatian Rex
English Lop
Continental Giant
Mini Lop
Guinea Pig or Cavy
Chinchilla
Degu
Fancy Mouse (Golden Satin)
Ryeland, Coloured Ryeland
Leicester Longwool
Grey Face Dartmoor
Norfolk Horn
Balwen Welsh Mountain
Jacob
Castlemilk Moorit
North Ronaldsay
Boreray
Hungarian Screw Horn (Raka)
Ouessan
Norwich Canary
Zebra Finch- Mutation
Budgie-Pet type
Black Cheeked Lovebird
Madagascar Lovebird
Princess of Wales Parakeet
Plum Head Parakeet
Swainsons Rainbow Lorikeet
Emerald Dove
Diamond Dove
Chinese Painted Quail -Pure Wild Type
Japanese Quail
Golden Mantled Rosella (Rubino Mutation)
Crested Bobwhite Quail
Roul Partridge
Rickets Hill Partridge
Common Hill Partridge
Blacksmiths Plover
Laughing Kookaburra
Indian Blue Peafowl
White Indian Blue Peafowl
Sebastopol Geese
Steinbacher Geese
Buff African Geese
German Pekin Duck
Hookbill Duck (Dusky Bibbed, White)
Indian Runner Duck (Chocolate, White)
Call Duck (chocolate, white, apricot silver)
Slate Turkey
Crollwitzer Turkey
Norfolk Black Turkey
Royal Purple Guineafowl, Cochin (Partridge & Blue Partridge, Buff, Blue, white)-Largefowl)
Old English pheasant fowl -Largefowl, Black Red Aracana- Largefowl
Norfolk Grey-Largefowl
Scots Dumpy (2 colours)-Largefowl
Silkie -Largefowl
Laughing Chicken
Blue Mottled Japanese – True Bantam
Pekin (Partridge, Columbian, white)-True Bantam
Sebright (Gold, Silver, Chamois) -True Bantam
Rosecomb (Blue & Splash)
Transylvanian Naked neck- Bantam
Chamois Poland -Largefowl
Spanish -Largefowl.
A Norfolk farm park is helping to preserve one of the UK’s rarest breeds of native cattle. The Albion, is included on the Rare
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